The association of the Spanish football league announced, during an emergency meeting held in the early hours of Monday morning, the penalties of nearly 12 referees, according to the newspaper “AS”.
The list included Moniz Ruiz and Gleleasias Villanova, the main referee and the assistant video, respectively, because of their performance in the Espanyol and Real Madrid match on Saturday in the League.
According to the Spanish newspaper, Moniz and Villanova are likely to be absent from arbitration for about a month, and they will not manage the King’s Cup finals between Atletico Madrid and Getafe, scheduled for Metropolitan stadium on Tuesday.
The intervention of the Defender of Espanyol Carlos Romero against Killian Mbappe sparked a wave of comments on the ruling decision.
Referee Moniz directed the yellow card instead of red, a decision that has raised many doubts about the integrity of the decision and its correct application of the rules.
At the time of the collision, Mbappe showed clear signs of pain, which led a lot to believe that the intervention was strong enough to justify the red card. But the decision decided not to interfere with a more severe punishment, which caused a big surprise between the players and the Fans of Real Madrid.
Moniz Ruiz justified his decision in the match report, noting that the yellow card was due to the reckless “carelessness” of Romero during the competition for the ball “, and many believe that the referee is a lie. On the other hand, by describing the verb as “reckless”, the referee implicitly admits that the game was dangerous and could have caused an injury.
On the other hand, by saying that the question was a “fight for the ball”, it implicitly indicates that Romero intended to play the ball and not to harm his opponent. The photos show that Romero was not able to cut the ball, because it was far away at the time of the collision. This underlines that the interpretation presented by referee Ruiz completely contradicts what really happened in the field, according to the newspaper.